Dun, not sure if you know this, but your flaxen jumping schoolmaster cannot be shown in jumping. You can switch him to cross country, but his lack of strength may hurt him a bit in shows.
I remember Australois! I stopped playing the first time around 2011 I think. It must have been right before Es were added. I bred TBs because my RL boy was a TB and tried to start my own line based on his ancestors
I don't remember if Sven existed when I joined in Jan 2011. I honestly can't remember. I do remember having to capture WBs to get KNN, TBs to get AA and ISH to get RID.
Breeding items came long before the W's. I just think that the large amounts of W's that came out in the beginning was helped by the capture event not long after